7 People Shot in NYC Since Ringing in New Year
A man who took a bullet to the stomach was clinging to life in a Brooklyn hospital Tuesday, cops said. He was the seventh person shot since the city rang in the new year.
A man who took a bullet to the stomach was clinging to life in a Brooklyn hospital Tuesday, cops said. He was the seventh person shot since the city rang in the new year.
It wasn’t a gift of a pair of boots, but it was a warm place to stay for the night. After apprehending a man for breaking into a garage, Shomrim discovered that he was homeless and only sought to find a place to stay for the night. Together with police assistance shelter was arranged and most likely saving the man’s life.
During the holiday season there is always a notable uptick in auto related thefts and burglary, with the pressure to procure holiday gifts – or those who simply leave them in cars. Crown Heights Shomrim has issued a community warning alerting vehicle owners not to leave any items in plain sight. At all.
CROWN HEIGHTS — He just can’t get a break! The owner of a late model Infinity M37 whose tires were stolen back in October just a few hundred feet away, was the victim of the same theft once again – only this time his window was smashed and the car was burglarized too.
CROWN HEIGHTS — A short but wild chase ended with the arrest of four individuals for trespassing and resisting arrest after they were found in an apartment of a building whose inhabitants are mostly Jewish.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Shliach from out of town on his way to the Hey Teves Farbrengen, was walking on East New York Avenue when he spotted a Black man carrying a Tallis and Teffilin bag. Without pause he snatched it from the man and a struggle and commotion ensued.
CROWN HEIGHTS — A Jewish man was robbed on Carroll Street after being duped into giving a stranger change for a $20 bill, only to discover that he received only half of a torn $20 bill.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Three masked muggers robbed a Jewish man late Sunday night, and made off with his cellphone.
AUGUSTA, GA — Police in downtown Augusta are investigating what appears to be an attempted burglary or vandalism to a local Chabad House.
Leave your iPhone at home when you walk through Prospect Park. Robberies more than doubled in Brooklyn’s biggest green space over the past year — even as Central Park’s numbers dropped by 13.3 percent.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – Two Jewish men were mugged on Thursday night in separate incidents, which occurred a little while apart. The muggers made off with a paltry $4 in cash and an old cell phone.
A young Jewish woman was viciously assaulted during an attempted robbery while walking on her way to work. A man approached her and without warning punched her in the face with such force that she was knocked out.
Today at around 6:50pm, a Jewish woman was standing on Crown St. between Kingston and Albany Ave. using her iPhone, when it was suddenly snatched out of her hands by a thief.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Frustrated and fed up that the Crown Heights neighborhood has been crime’s ‘punching bag’ this past week, the Shomrim Patrol put out a number of additional patrols to cover the neighborhood. Last night it paid off with the apprehension and arrest of a car burglar.
On Friday morning, a woman walked into Kahan’s Superette on Kingston Ave. and began to enjoy a breakfast. She opened a package of food and started her meal, then exited the store with a jar of jam – without stopping by the checkout counter.
A UPS deliveryman dropped off a package at a home on Montgomery St. this week; after the package was accepted, he pretended to leave, but when the door was shut he returned to the foyer and stole a pair of gloves worth $35.
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